Widow: Kavanaugh Takes My Kid to Dad-Daughter Dance

President Trump talks with Judge Brett Kavanaugh and his family in the East Room of the White House. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Lots of op-eds are out there about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but the most personal of the bunch has shown up in the Washington Post. Its author, Julie O'Brien, writes that she will leave it others to suss out Kavanaugh's legal qualifications. But she can vouch for Kavanaugh the "carpool dad" and coach of not one but two girls' basketball teams. Kavanaugh has two young daughters, and one is a classmate of O'Brien's daughter at Blessed Sacrament School in DC. "In a city where professional obligations can often take priority over personal ones, Brett is a steady presence at his daughters’ events, even if it means racing across town just to catch the last 15 minutes of a game or program," writes O'Brien. She then shares a more personal anecdote regarding her husband's death a few years ago.

"One of the many difficult aspects of that loss was that my daughter had no one to accompany her to the school’s annual father-daughter dance," she writes. "That first year—and every year since my husband’s passing—Brett has stepped forward to take my daughter to the dance alongside his own." She won't assess Judge Kavanaugh, but she's happy to judge Coach K, as he's known. "As someone who would bring to his work the traits of personal kindness, leadership and willingness to help when called on, he would receive a unanimous verdict in his favor from those who know him." Click for the full op-ed. (Read more Brett Kavanaugh stories.)

That's very sweet but it has nothing whatsoever with his potential appointment to SCOTUS or how he would rule on critical issues. I'm a lot more concerned with his opinion that sitting presidents shouldn't be prosecuted or even questioned about crimes they may have committed.

Newsuser

Jul 11, 2018 11:47 PM CDT

Well, hell yeah, since he's such a nice guy he should get a lifelong appointment as a Supreme Court justice where he'll wield enormous influence over monumental decisions that effect all Americans and the future of this country.

GoodBrad1

Jul 11, 2018 11:10 PM CDT

I'm against this pick. We need someone in their 20's with a resting pulse rate of 50, and all 4 grandparents living.